Monday, August 08, 2016

Science

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The irreproducibility crisis – an opportunity to make science better August 8, 2016 by Megan Yu, Plos Blogs Among the 1,576  resea...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Aran Knitting

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Aran yarns were traditionally 10-ply, 500 ypp worsted spun. This was twice as heavy as modern sport weight, and ~ 70% heavier than worsted ...

Aran Knitting

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Aran yarns were traditionally 10-ply, 500 ypp worsted spun. This was twice as heavy as modern sport weight, and ~ 70% heavier than worsted ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Aaron Knits

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First make some nice 14-ply, worsted spun, wool yarn.  It is easy with a tension box type Lazy Kate:  to get: Craftsmen need ...
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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Rushen Knitting

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There has been some discussion here about how to knit for cold weather.  : ) Here is my "Rushen" solution. For patknitter, it...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Exceptional points

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'Exceptional points' give rise to counterintuitive physical effects No matter whether it is acoustic waves, quantum matter wav...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

da Vinci's DNA

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Leonardo da Vinci's DNA: Experts unite to shine modern light on a Renaissance genius A team of eminent specialists from a variety...

Failure of Art Historians

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Study reveals Leonardo da Vinci's 'irrelevant' scribbles mark the spot where he first recorded the laws of friction Read more...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Old Rope

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Researchers discover how rope was made 40,000 years ago Prof. Nicholas Conard and members of his team, present the discov...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Trump and Coal

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Coal is declining because "Drill Baby Drill" produced a lot of cheap natural gas that pushed the price of coal down - that is t...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

We need to talk about the bad science being funded

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Bad science http://phys.org/news/2016-07-bad-science-funded.html A  report  on the issue, published in  Nature  this May, found that ab...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Let's be honest

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The great advantages of wool are its warmth when wet, and its resistance to fire.  The warmth when wet made/makes wool ideal for wet climat...
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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Gensis

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Men who like playing outside, start out as boys who like playing outside. I was born in Cheyenne Wyo.  My Dad was an excellent skier, and ...
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Saturday, July 16, 2016

Alternative design for ST and IT

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I did learn to spin at the spin count using Ashford's ST setup, so I know that can be used to spin at the spin count.  However, shortly...
Friday, July 15, 2016

ST

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I like to retest and re-compare the various technologies every so often to see if I still come to the same conclusions. This morning, I s...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

How Producers Keep Actors Warm

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First there the starwaggon - if for no other reason than to protect camera and lighting equipment. Where there is lighting, there is a ge...
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